How I Am An Activist This Week
I get this is a slippery slope headed towards blissful ignorance or avoidance. You know I have an allergy to toxic positivity. I am mindfully, stubbornly experiencing joy in direct protest of the misery they want me to experience. I will not despair while they dismantle our rights and harm innocent people. I refuse to let them win by not giving them my attention.
Buying banned books. I am making a special effort to collect banned books. And read them if I haven’t already.
Volunteering with immigrant justice organizations near me. Here’s links to local organizations in PDX.
Joining the library board to aid in the free circulation of books and information.
Titrating my social media and news consumption and pausing before reacting.
Educating myself with podcasts like Witch Lit and Dan Harris’ Ten Percent Happier.
Purposely seeking joy.
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